New Delhi: If you recall the sheer opulence of Baz Luhrmann's musical Moulin Rouge, complimenting Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries's music, you will find it easier to justify Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus Devdas' place in the '10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium' list compiled by the Time magazine. A decade after it was released in seven languages, the grandeur of Devdas continues to enamour an audience in the...
05:24 PM, May 24, 2012
Cast: Ash Chandler, Seema Rahmani, Shernaz Patel, Ashwin Mushran, Arika Silaichia, Sohrab Ardeshir Director: Sandeep Mohan When the 46-year-old wife of a 38-year-old salesman gets pregnant, having waited years for that moment, it is a joyous occasion for the household, right? Wrong. Not only does the unexpected pregnancy throw the house in disarray, it sets in motion a chain of bizarre events that threaten to unravel the fabric of the...
12:22 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Eighty per cent of the bank loans are taken by people to meet dowry demands. One woman dies every hour in our country in dowry related cases. On Sunday, May 20, Aamir Khan brought home the ugly truths about giving and accepting dowry in our big fat Indian weddings. Aamir spoke to several victims, community leaders and even a politician to get to the bottom of the issue....
01:38 PM, May 20, 2012
New Delhi: Depending on his mood, actor Shah Rukh Khan is in turn philosophical, reticent and self derisive on Twitter. In front of the international media he wears his celebrity status quite well, casually slung over a shoulder, shifting that chip to the other. It's only during moments like those at the Wankhede Stadium that shows the cracks behind the carefully preserved veneer. Shah Rukh faces a ban by the...
02:10 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: Actress Shruti Haasan, the daughter of legendary actor Kamal Haasan said she was very happy with people's response to Gabbar Singh and thankful that she did not have to face the inevitable comparison with Sonakshi Sinha whose role she reprises in the Telugu remake of Salman Khan's blockbuster film Dabangg. "The reaction (to Gabbar Singh) has been very, very positive. I'm really happy. I hear people have enjoyed...
02:55 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: Whom does a child turn to when the one he trusts with all of his tiny heart turns abuser? In a nut-shell, the second episode of Aamir Khan's television show Satyamev Jayate was simply heart-breaking. It brought out a common but rarely talked-about scourge of society - the sexual abuse of children - often by people they trust the most. Aamir spoke to several such victims, their family...
01:46 PM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: There is something about Emraan Hashmi's almost decade-long career in cinema that defies established logic. Try a simple search on YouTube with his name as the key word. The auto-suggestions are his various on-screen kissing exploits with his co-stars from the time he debuted in Footpath (2003) to his last big hit - The Dirty Picture (2011). Actors of his generation would have cringed at the early nickname...
02:32 AM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: It's not the awards season yet, but Juhi Chaturvedi, the debutant script writer of the much-acclaimed film Vicky Donor, has already 'won' her Filmfare trophy from an industry legend. Writer Salim Khan, the father of actor Salman Khan, was so moved by the film, he gave director Shoojit Sircar and Chaturvedi one of his Filmfare trophies. Chaturvedi said it was the greatest honour she could have imagined coming...
10:57 AM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: Vicky Donor could be biased, but he claims Delhi has only two truly modern things - the Metro Rail and his 'biji', who in this case is his paternal grandmother. Utterly unabashed and undoubtedly progressive for her age, 'biji' in Shoojit Sircar's Vicky Donor, played by theatre actress Kamlesh Gill, has endeared herself to an audience sold on her superb comic timing. What works for the much-discussed Vicky...
10:15 AM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: He asks for Rs 200 per retweet and posts details of what he claims is a bank account where people can deposit the money. He takes his dubious celebrity status on Twitter seriously enough to come up with outrageous claims every day. He is openly disdainful of Bollywood's A-listers but worships actress Asin to whom he sends out kisses diligently every day. But when you talk to filmmaker...
08:27 PM, Apr 22, 2012
Director: Vivek Agnihotri Cast: Gulshan Devaiah, Paoli Dam, Nikhil Dwivedi Rating: ** There comes a point in director Vivek Agnihotri's Hate Story when you are forced to suspend reason and resign yourself to the unbelievable corniness of the lines the lead protagonists mouth. The last time I was this entertained by a film's dialogue was while watching Mithun Chakraborty's Gunda which has now achieved cult status among lovers of campy...
08:42 AM, Apr 21, 2012
New Delhi: Bengali actress Paoli Dam makes her Bollywood debut with director Vivek Agnihotri's much talked about film 'Hate Story'. Bollywood actors Gulshan Devaiya and Nikhil Dwivedi also play pivotal roles in the film. Right from its sensuous poster to the raunchy trailer, 'Hate Story' has been grabbing eyeballs from long. The film is about Kaavya played by Paoli Dam and her transformation from a journalist to a sex worker....
10:46 AM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: I have not chosen characters because they are like me, I chose them because I am like them. - Shruti Haasan She was six years old when she started singing professionally and barely 12 when she made her Hindi singing debut with her father Kamal Haasan's film Chachi 420, a remake of the Hollywood comedy Mrs Doubtfire. After 20 years in the industry and having grown up in...
12:05 PM, Apr 18, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistani author Musharraf Ali Farooqi's latest novel Between Clay and Dust opens inside the grimy walls of an akhara which clan leader and head pahalwan Ustad Ramzi protects with fierce pride. In another part of the unnamed city's shaded alleyways is the 'kotha' of courtesan Gohar Jan renowned for her art and courted by the rich and famous. The destiny of the two artistes lies intertwined with each...
11:45 PM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: How do you start a serious discussion on contemporary literature with a Pakistani author who taught Argentine tango to Canadians in Toronto, flipped pizzas and worked at an assembly line to make a living while translating Urdu fantasy fiction to English in his spare time? You don't. You let him regale you with hilarious anecdotes from his tango teaching days as he tries to make light of his...
11:05 PM, Apr 12, 2012
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